The 21st Green Summer Campaign was kicked off throughout the country onJuly 13 in a bid to boost widespread youth volunteer activities.
Thecampaign will take place for nearly a month, with the focus ofvolunteer activities scheduled in cities and provinces in the CentralHighlands and the southern region. Some activities will also occur inLaos. Officials have targeted participation by approximately 90,000young people and students.
In Ho Chi Minh City on July 13, theHCM City Students Association and the Youth Union organised a launchingceremony for the 21st Green Summer Campaign, with an initialparticipation by more than 4,000 youngsters.
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha,HCM City Party deputy secretary, who attended the ceremony, expressedher appreciation for the Green Summer Campaign and praised the youngvolunteers for their contributions towards the general development ofthe community.
Immediately following the ceremony, severalawareness-raising activities, such as encouraging people to stop runningtheir motorbike engines at red lights or handing out 500 paper bags,were begun.
The same day, the southern province of Soc Trangalso launched the youth volunteer campaign, which will see more than 500college students, including those from other southern provinces of CanTho, Hau Giang and Vinh Long, and from HCM City, along with localstudents, participate in volunteer activities in the province's remoteand disadvantaged areas.
The volunteers will help clean roads,distribute information about hygiene to ethnic groups, and offer adviceabout rice farming.
Earlier on July 11, the southern province ofVinh Long also launched the summer campaign, with the participation ofmore than 1,200 students from 13 colleges and vocational schools.
Activitiesinclude offering education of soft skills to adolescents in residentialareas, helping children with their summer homework and assisting thepolice in directing traffic.
Nguyen Huynh Thu, deputy secretaryof the provincial Youth Union, said the Green Summer campaign is a goodopportunity for the youth to improve their own soft skills.-VNA
Thecampaign will take place for nearly a month, with the focus ofvolunteer activities scheduled in cities and provinces in the CentralHighlands and the southern region. Some activities will also occur inLaos. Officials have targeted participation by approximately 90,000young people and students.
In Ho Chi Minh City on July 13, theHCM City Students Association and the Youth Union organised a launchingceremony for the 21st Green Summer Campaign, with an initialparticipation by more than 4,000 youngsters.
Nguyen Thi Thu Ha,HCM City Party deputy secretary, who attended the ceremony, expressedher appreciation for the Green Summer Campaign and praised the youngvolunteers for their contributions towards the general development ofthe community.
Immediately following the ceremony, severalawareness-raising activities, such as encouraging people to stop runningtheir motorbike engines at red lights or handing out 500 paper bags,were begun.
The same day, the southern province of Soc Trangalso launched the youth volunteer campaign, which will see more than 500college students, including those from other southern provinces of CanTho, Hau Giang and Vinh Long, and from HCM City, along with localstudents, participate in volunteer activities in the province's remoteand disadvantaged areas.
The volunteers will help clean roads,distribute information about hygiene to ethnic groups, and offer adviceabout rice farming.
Earlier on July 11, the southern province ofVinh Long also launched the summer campaign, with the participation ofmore than 1,200 students from 13 colleges and vocational schools.
Activitiesinclude offering education of soft skills to adolescents in residentialareas, helping children with their summer homework and assisting thepolice in directing traffic.
Nguyen Huynh Thu, deputy secretaryof the provincial Youth Union, said the Green Summer campaign is a goodopportunity for the youth to improve their own soft skills.-VNA
